Pair of Stockton officers sworn in

Tuesday

Nov 20, 2012 at 12:01 AM

The Record

STOCKTON - Police Chief Eric Jones administered the oath of office to two new officers Monday, bringing the number of sworn personnel up to 335. When the department reaches its budgeted amount of 344 police officers, possibly by the end of this year, that will allow it to access a federal grant to hire an additional 17 sworn officers as soon as possible.

Monday saw the chief welcome Officers Greg Klemme and Steve Medina to the force. Both reported to Capt. Scott Meadors in the Field Services Division on Monday.

Klemme graduated from the Santa Rosa Junior College Public Safety Training Academy in January. Before coming to the Stockton Police Department, Klemme was employed with Brinks Security as a messenger.

Medina graduated from the Evergreen College Basic Police Academy in October 2011. He was previously employed with Protective Security as a security officer.